How Did Coligny Fight In 1572
In 1572 Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny supported a war that the French king, Charles IX, was going to approve. Fearing the Admiral was having an increasing amount of influence on her son and the dislike of him from the Catholics, Catherine de Médicis supported the Roman Catholic house of Guise plan to assassinate Coligny. This would then lead to St. Bartholomew’s Massacre that started August 24, 1572.
Tensions had already been high in France since the early 16th century concerning religion. In September 1568, Charles took away the rights of the Protestants and told them they could have them back if they followed orders of the royal family, which they did not get back until 1598 when Henry of Navarre converted to Catholicism and crowned Henry IV. Many French leaders at the time did not like the Huguenots for they were not part of the Catholic religion and were afraid they would disrupt the monarchy. Fearing that she would be caught for her attempt on Coligny’s life, Médicis came up with a plan involving the nobles at Tuileries Palace to get rid of the Huguenot leaders in Paris. These leaders were in Paris to witness the marriage of Catherine’s daughter, Margaret of France, and Henry of Navarre, who was …show more content…
But Henry of Navarre was spared, along with Henry I de Bourbon the 2nd prince of Condé Only one day after the fighting broke out Charles IX asked Catholics and Protestants to stop killing one another. He believed this was a matter between Guise and Coligny, and that the royal family and his subjects should not be involved. These requests fell on deaf ears as many as 3,000 Protestants were killed in Paris and 70,000 on both sides killed in France. 20 to 30 percent of the Protestant population in Paris was killed. The murders went into October and spread to Rouen, Lyon, Bourges, Bourdeaux and Orleans
Tensions had already been high in France since the early 16th century concerning religion. In September 1568, Charles took away the rights of the Protestants and told them they could have them back if they followed orders of the royal family, which they did not get back until 1598 when Henry of Navarre converted to Catholicism and crowned Henry IV. Many French leaders at the time did not like the Huguenots for they were not part of the Catholic religion and were afraid they would disrupt the monarchy. Fearing that she would be caught for her attempt on Coligny’s life, Médicis came up with a plan involving the nobles at Tuileries Palace to get rid of the Huguenot leaders in Paris. These leaders were in Paris to witness the marriage of Catherine’s daughter, Margaret of France, and Henry of Navarre, who was …show more content…
But Henry of Navarre was spared, along with Henry I de Bourbon the 2nd prince of Condé Only one day after the fighting broke out Charles IX asked Catholics and Protestants to stop killing one another. He believed this was a matter between Guise and Coligny, and that the royal family and his subjects should not be involved. These requests fell on deaf ears as many as 3,000 Protestants were killed in Paris and 70,000 on both sides killed in France. 20 to 30 percent of the Protestant population in Paris was killed. The murders went into October and spread to Rouen, Lyon, Bourges, Bourdeaux and Orleans